What each candidate says in the Wirral area which could decide councilâs future
The ward could decide who controls Wirral Council after May 6
15:40, 17 APR 2021
Things could change at Wallasey Town Hall after the May 6 vote (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
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Dr Ivan Camphor is standing in Pensby and Thingwall in the upcoming local elections A Wirral GP hopes to inspire an important change at the borough council. Dr Ivan Camphor, 59, could become the first ever BAME (black, asian and minority ethnic) person elected to Wirral Council it is understood. Dr Camphor, who was born in Pakistan and is standing for the Conservatives, told the LDRS he hoped his candidacy would encourage others from ethnic minority backgrounds to come forward. He is one of a small number of BAME candidates understood to be standing for election in Wirral this year. Labour’s Shabil Syed is standing in Eastham, while Conservative Rania El Zeiny is running in Claughton and the Green Party’s Emily Gleaves, who is half-Chinese, is standing in Birkenhead and Tranmere.
Merseyside GP trying to break the mould at Wirral Council
Dr Ivan Camphor hopes other ethnic minority candidates will come forward
16:55, 4 APR 2021
Dr Ivan Camphor is standing in Pensby and Thingwall in the upcoming local elections
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